Following the incident, the State government has suspended four personnel of the Baghpat jail — Jailor, Deputy Jailor, Warden and Head Warden.

He was kept in a barrack with notorious criminal Sunil Rathi. According to jail officials, there was some altercation between Bajrangi and Rathi after which the latter shot Bajrangi dead. The UP Police is interrogating Rathi about the incident.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assured an in-depth investigation into the matter and ordered a judicial inquiry of the case.